The Biographical Dictionary of America/Alderman, Edwin Anderson

ALDERMAN, Edwin Anderson, educator, was born in Wilmington, N.C., May 15, 1861; son of James and Susan (Corbett) Alderman; grandson of Patrick and Susan (Wallace) Alderman and descended from Scotch and English ancestors, who emigrated in 1774 and settled on Lower Cape Fear, N.C. He was prepared for college at the schools in Wilmington and at Bethel military academy, Virginia, 1876-'78. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina, Ph.B. in 1882. He was superintendent of city schools, Goldsboro, N.C, 1885-'89; conductor of the state teachers' institutes, 1889-'92; professor of history, State normal college, 1892-'93; professor of pedagogy, University of North Carolina, 1893-'96, and president of the university from 1896, as successor to Kemp P. Battle, resigned. He was elected a member of the American historical association in 1892; of the Maryland historical society in 1893; and of the National educational association in 1894. He became president of Tulane university, New Orleans, in 1900; received the degree of LL.D. from it in 1898, and from Johns Hopkins in 1902, D.C.L. from the University of the South in 1896. He is the author of "Life of William Hooper, Signer of the Declaration of Independence" (1894); "Short History of North Carolina" (1896).